AP World History can be a very difficult class. I will ask you to be proficient in 10,000 years worth of world history, which you must learn in (30) weeks of school. The AP exam itself consists of (3) essays and (70) multiple-choice questions all of which must be completed in 3 hours and 15 minutes.
During the school the skills that students must master are: - Document Based Question (DBQ) essay writing - Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT) essay writing - Compare and Contrast (C/C) essay writing - Multiple Choice question and answer
By using Cornell Notes as a foundation for my class I can then facilitate class discussions based on "big ideas" such as "explain how the simplest barter systems to long trade routes, the exchange of goods and ideas have shaped the earliest civilizations and led to further change throughout the world". The notes serve as a concrete source of synthesized information, which you can use to engage each other to better understand difficult concepts. Also by utilizing structural writing strategies for the DBQ, CCOT or C/C essay I will build the skills needed for you to succeed on the AP exam and also assess if the you are grasping difficult concepts such as recognizing patterns and shifts in the foundations of religion in India and China.
How past students have succeeded in my APWH class is through repetition of structural writing and multiple-choice tests. Also, all students have improved their reading comprehension of large amounts of text by using Cornell Notes structure to focus on specific questions and "big idea" understandings of each chapter.
AP World History can be a very difficult class. I will ask you to be proficient in 10,000 years worth of world history, which you must learn in (30) weeks of school. The AP exam itself consists of (3) essays and (70) multiple-choice questions all of which must be completed in 3 hours and 15 minutes.
During the school the skills that students must master are:
- Document Based Question (DBQ) essay writing
- Change and Continuity Over Time (CCOT) essay writing
- Compare and Contrast (C/C) essay writing
- Multiple Choice question and answer
By using Cornell Notes as a foundation for my class I can then facilitate class discussions based on "big ideas" such as "explain how the simplest barter systems to long trade routes, the exchange of goods and ideas have shaped the earliest civilizations and led to further change throughout the world". The notes serve as a concrete source of synthesized information, which you can use to engage each other to better understand difficult concepts. Also by utilizing structural writing strategies for the DBQ, CCOT or C/C essay I will build the skills needed for you to succeed on the AP exam and also assess if the you are grasping difficult concepts such as recognizing patterns and shifts in the foundations of religion in India and China.
How past students have succeeded in my APWH class is through repetition of structural writing and multiple-choice tests. Also, all students have improved their reading comprehension of large amounts of text by using Cornell Notes structure to focus on specific questions and "big idea" understandings of each chapter.